Australia Jobs and Wages Increase

14 August 2020 by News Desk   |   SHARE  

Australia jobs market saw a significant increase in July and weekly wages have also increased.

Around 115,000 new jobs were added across Australia during July.

The average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults in Australia in May 2020 was $1,714, up 3.3 per cent from November 2019, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Bjorn Jarvis, head of Labour Statistics at the ABS, said: ”Lower paid jobs and industries were particularly impacted by COVID-19 restrictions, accounting for a high share of jobs lost.

“This fall in lower paid jobs led to an increase in average earnings for all employees because the remaining jobs had a higher earnings profile.

“In recent years, the six-monthly increase in average earnings for all employees has been around 1 per cent. The 3.8 per cent increase to mid-May highlights the extent of the major compositional change in jobs and earnings during this difficult period.”

The increase in average earnings was more pronounced in the private sector, given the extent of lower paid job losses in the sector. However, the level of average earnings in the public sector remained higher.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the jobless rate edged up to 7.5 per cent in July with the participation rate jumping to 64.7 per cent.

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